On 20 June 1837, Cabinet ministers who had been called together for a meeting by the Prime Minister, Viscount Melbourne, were startled by the arrival of a dumpy, 18 year old girl who wanted to sit and listen. It was Victoria, who had been woken early that morning to be told that her uncle William [...]

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